Administer direct grant assistance to venues, arts organisations and festivals deemed to be of strategy importance to the arts within the county.
Goal 3 planned actions of Arts Policy 2016 – 2020
- In 2015, €59,000 was awarded under this scheme
- 10 partners were asked to submit to this fund, we got 9 returns
- Budget recommendation for 2016 is €61,000.
- An increase of 3% on last year
- Total requested by the applicants in 2016 is €90,076 which up 12.5%
- 68% of amount requested to be recommended.
- Total funding received by Arts Partners from the Arts Council is €56,833.
| Recommended for 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| 1 | The Garage Theatre | €17,000 | €17,000 |
| 2 | Clones Film Festival | €8,000 | €8,000 |
| 3 | Castleblayney Iontas Arts Centre | €16,000 | €16,000 |
| 4 | Patrick Kavanagh Weekend | €9,000 | €9,000 |
| 5 | Castleblayney Drama Festival | €2,000 | €3,000 |
| 6 | Féile Patrick Byrne | €2,500 | €2,500 |
| 7 | Scoil Cheoil Na Botha | €1,500 | €2,000 |
| 8 | Muckno Mania, Castleblayney | €1,000 | €1,000 |
| 9 | Carrickmacross Arts Festival | €2,000 | €2,500 |